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The reader comments here were taken from "Your Turn" on courierpress.com

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Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. considers later start time for high schools.

I believe the only reason that they are considering a later starting time is to save money on bus transportation costs.

Posted by 82tiger

My wife teaches at Central High School. Ask the teachers what impact the changes would make. From my inquiries, they have all told me that starting later would give the kids a better chance at learning and that currently the majority of students are half asleep and absorbing little.

Posted by nefsigh

While it is interesting to hear what one teacher thinks, most kids I spoke with admit they would simply stay up later. ... In all likelihood the kids who sleep now will still be sleeping after a change. Their parents should see they get enough sleep and by that age they should figure it out for themselves.

Posted by StraightUp

Please read up on this issue. There have been studies showing that a later starting time would be beneficial to high schoolers. Parents, if your high schoolers can't get up and get to school by themselves maybe you need to give them a little more responsibility.

Posted by SusieQ

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Arena official John Kish says there is plenty of nearby parking for new arena.

There may be plenty of parking, but the question is: Where is it? It isn't just about walking from and to your car.

It is the frustration of not knowing where to look to find a spot. You are going to end up with hundreds, if not thousands, of people driving around to find an empty spot, whereever it is.

Posted by Prudent

Nothing frightens an Evansville conservative more than a three-block walk. It will be a challenge but I believe 10 percent of them will overcome the dread and do it anyway.

Posted by Ice_Cube

Lots of parking? Really? You mean that one to the upper right three blocks away? Or do they mean that little parking lot off to the left, across two buildings, in the basement, with a burned-out light? And those two areas combined are "ample parking?"

Posted by dveatch

Not living in Evansville means that John Kish probably has a more rational view. Some of the locals are the ones overreacting to the new stadium.

The Downtown stadium is being built. A parking study was conducted before millions of dollars were spent on the stadium. Now it is time for the local residents to embrace the arena and it may help your Downtown come back to life.

Roberts Stadium lived a noble and valuable life. Roberts Stadium is now gone. Deal with it.

Posted by Ace_Dad

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Former Executive Inn parking garage coming down.

Thank God they finally started; it's been in the news everyday that they were getting ready to start. Tear it down and get on with it.